This publication is part of the Safer Nairobi project, funded by UNDP, which is working towards a city-wide crime prevention strategy.

This publication is set to highlight the broad range of issues that requires consideration with regard to local democracy and decentralization in East and Southern Africa. It aims at providing brief overviews on decentralization processes in the five selected countries in the region. It summarizes the many different aspects of decentralization highlighting key issues that need to be addressed by practitioners.

Summary of the Colloquium deliberations, which were focused around three main objectives, e.g. to stimulate development of the cooperative approach in the housing sector by: a) Facilitating exchange of information and experience regarding the cooperative approach in the housing sector; b) Understanding the challenges and possibilities that exist within the cooperative approach in different countries; and c) Improving co-ordination and collaboration between stakeholders in the cooperative…

The Special Session of the General Assembly for an Overall Review and Appraisal of the implementation of the Habitat Agenda, known as Istanbul+5, held on 6-8 June 2001 in New York introduced in the General Assembly a new forum for debate.

Violent crime and delinquency threaten the quality of life of urban dwellers in Dar es Salaam. During the 1990’s the annual crime increase in Dar es Salaam was 8,1%. Not only does this divert scarce resources from urban social development, but it also constitutes a serious impediment to the city’s economic development. Globally, crime patterns are changing.Offenders are getting younger and violent crime is becoming more common.

The Sustainable Cities Programme (SCP) is a world-wide technical cooperation activity of the United Nations.

This report was prepared as an output of Habitat 1998/99 Work Programme, the objectives of which include the formulation of shelter policies focusing on the needs of vulnerable groups and assisting government and partners in civil society in adopting strategies for the progressive realization of the human right to adequate housing

This bibliography is intended to complement the UNCHS (Habitat) publication on co-operative housing: experiences of mutual self-help which was published in 1990 and contains four case studies and an analytical overview.